
23" (58 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with long-faced modeling, very full cheeks, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eye liner encircles the eye sockets, lushly painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 4. Comments: mystery maker, the painting indicative of the porcelain firm of Frayon which created doll heads for Halopeau and Steiner. Value Points: rare model with very beautiful face and painting, fine quality porcelain, original body and body finish, beautiful early costume of rich magenta in silk satin and velvet with Alencon lace, matching bonnet, undergarments, maroon knit stockings, black leather shoes.